I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more. Zalgo edits Wikipedia. Zalgo has a MySpace page. Zalgo knows your meme. (Eldritch horrors are a lot more Internet savvy than I imagined.) ... The end is near. I hear a noise in my CPU's fan, as of some slippery body lumbering against it. It shall not find me. God, that cursor! The browser window! The browser window! posted by Doktor Zed at 4:35 AM on July 6 [12 favorites has favorites]
I think my comment has sprouted a lea͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋͋ posted by Pyry at 4:51 AM on July 6 [1 favorite has favorites]
The inevitable backlash to the sickly cuteness exemplified by the most insipid of LOLCATS takes the form of a revival of Lovecraftian xenophobia.
Makes perfect sense in retrospect.
What bugs me about lovecruft is that most demons are caricatures of the gods of the people our (cultural) ancestors destroyed. The stains of past cultural genocide haunt our dreams, as if all they ever were was a bunch of boogey-men. Lovecraft at least had the good taste to invent new demons wholesale rather than appropriating someone else's mythology, but it still shares those same roots, soaked in the culprit's fear of revenge (ancient native american burial ground anyone?).
C̟̈͊͊ͮe͑̂i̫l͓̯͔̖͉̦̮̿́̉̆͑̃ḯ̩̤̘̖̝͆n̳͈͍ͮ̌͑̉g̬͚̠̘͕͇̀ͧͪ̐ ͙ͤC̘̾͗a͔̭̝̞͔t̯͈͍̺̃̈́ ̘̦̪̬̺̞̂͛i̹͕̥̙̥̥s̗̙̬̲̪̙͆ͧͪ̇͌ ̰̭̲͇̼̳̓̄̍͊̔̌w͇̋̃ͯ̓̈͐ͨaͦt͉̜͙c̊ͬͬͨͪh͖͗ǐ̝͈̳͚̭̮͉n̊̌ͤ͂ͪg̽̐̍̆̽̎ ̟̬͎̬͈̃̄̄͗y͍͎̹̥̖̤͐̋̂ͯ̽ͪͅo̽̋̄̅̒͑͐u͛̄ ̜̉m͇̲̺̩̪͍ͅa̻͈ͨͫs͎̠̜̘̫̋͋̄̈́ͅt͉͔͓͖ͬ̈́̒͋u̮̾r͓͌ͫ̽b͎̬̯̹͕̺͕ͬ͋̏͐̍̚a͉̪̾͑̅͛̂t̾e̻̞͔͋ͪ posted by daniel_charms at 4:59 AM on July 6 [7 favorites has favorites]
From one hive mind to another: G̉̈e͖̝̬̜̗͎̊ͫ̏ͮ̚͜͡t̲̓̔͊̄ͦ ǒ͚̦͙̪̼̦͞f͔̻͚̠͎͙͚̦͙̪̼̦̂̋̾̈́̓͛̀͞͞f͔̻͚̠͎͙̂̋̾̈́̓͛̀͞ m̀ ̘l̵̜͎̣̫̥̱̏̕a̧̤ͩͤ̔ͤ̂͂̔͝ẇ̎n͋ͪ̂̇̚... posted by greekphilosophy at 5:02 AM on July 6
Hey all,
I had no idea about what this meant, so I looked it up...here is what I found:
"Zalgo is an unusual internet phenomenon confined to a few select off beat forums and image boards. Its relevance here lies in its Lovecraftian edge. The objects of Zalgo are mostly popular, innocent comics turned ruthlessly to the dark side of Lovecraftian horror--and humor. More than anything else, the Zalgo comics are further evidence of Lovecraft's shockingly strange presence in today's online communities. Some would contend that Zalgo isn't necessarily Lovecraftian at all. While it isn't always explicitly so, it certainly holds many of the features common to peripheral Lovecraftian parodies, which is good enough to place it in the realm of weird inspired humor." LANTZYTALK posted by Hypnotic Chick at 5:07 AM on July 6 [3 favorites has favorites]
M̱̜̣̔̄͐̕ȩ̪̠̜̝ͮ͒͂t̤͈̺̏ͨ̿ạ̬͇ͥ̋f̢͕̤̬͋͑ͩͯ̅̈́͒i̙̮͚̹ͮ̄̎̒ͦ̓ͦl̞̳̱̻ͧͦ̅ͤ͊͟t̿̾̃͏̪̣̣̳̠̯̠eͮ͌͌̉̇r̻̯ͪ͋͠:ͤ̌͗̾҉̼̥̠͔͇̮̦ ͚͚͍̝͎͂ͫͤ̑͛̉ͅ[̒̔̇̉ͯ͏m̜̣͖͑ͯ̈ͩ̌ͨ̎o͓̯ͨ̊ͦͦ̍̋r̮̱̯̯̙͍͝ͅe̥̤̻ͤ̅̓́͐̋̆ ̹̯̺̱͒ͩͧ͊̔̾ï͗̿͝n̼̟̩̲͙̋s̳̱̫̬̫̯̊ͣ̎̎ͬͦ̀ͅi̭̟͉͖͚̘͈̍́ͫ̊̎͠d̜̘̥͈͈̏̈ͬͨͩͦͤe̴͔͙̓ͥ̅̉̅̅̎ ̂͂̀̋̔̉ͣ҉̳̱̮̜t̞̬̫̺̖̮͓̊ͣ̑h̷͔̊ͣ̑a̝̦̻͉̼̺̅̾̆̀n̸ ̫̻͔ͨ̾͑̐y̷̼̲̱̙̩͚͆o͇̳̱̲͙̳͊͊̎ͨ͗uͥ̊̐͞ ̛̲̬͍̖̱́̉c͇̞̲̦ͣͥͥ͒̑̉̌̕a̘̟̮͖͇̩ͅn̊͑̾ͧ ͉̫͎̳ͮͥ̾̈́̈ͮ̔p̿́ͫ̎̿ͭo͓̼̥͛̌̍s̹̞̗̍̊̉ͯ̈̆́ŝ̻͖̼͚̹̺͗̒̾̂͊͝i͍̼̫̯͕͚͝ḅ͉̅̋̇ͮ̿͊̓l̴̪̗̔̄̃ͮͧͭyͮ̋ͮ̑͌͌ ̯̐̌͌̇̚͡c̙͙͖ͮ͂ͣ͋̄ͅo͑͛́̃̾m͐͗̒͒̽̾͐҉̖̙̗̦̹p̹͕̅ͥ͒͋̏ͤr̞͛͋̚̚͟e͓̙͊̌h͉̦̖͊̆̊ͮ̈͞é̱n̴̹͎͇̟̠͂̅d̜̖͖̹͍̮̓̀̈́̽]͕͇ posted by xthlc at 5:29 AM on July 6 [4 favorites has favorites]
Slightly off topic: any suggestions for a Linux font that will display all of these junk characters? I see enough to get the gist, but it would be great to know I was getting the full intended experience of random typographical noise. posted by idiopath at 5:33 AM on July 6
This post could use the HAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAHAHAHA tag, methinks. posted by Mister_A at 5:37 AM on July 6
What bugs me about lovecruft is that most demons are caricatures of the gods of the people our (cultural) ancestors destroyed.
That's an interesting obsẔ̨̦̖̝̙̗͉̻͉͓̼̳͍͎̑ͪ̓ͤͦ̿̂͢A̡̢͓̟̙̙͇̫̪̹̟͇͔͙̞̬̪̱̰̙͒͆̽̋ͫ̑͑̎̔ͮ̉̈́̓ͣ͐̅̓͟͟L̞̹̬͎̜͔̥͚̉͆̐ͭ̌̃̒ͨ̄́͘͜͜Ģ̸̼̬̬͉̩͓̺̹̻̱̬̜͉̼̤̝͍̲̋ͯ͂̈́̊̍̿ͫ͘͜O̶̧̪͎̬͙͇͖̼̓ͪͣͥ̏ͯ̓ͥͫ͋̽ͣͮ͑͌͑̊͡!̢͎̼͍̘͈͓̓̐ͩ͐̽ͭ̀̈́̂́͗ͭͦͦ̌ͣ̉́ posted by fleetmouse at 5:39 AM on July 6
I wish I knew enough about computers to know how to do that thing with the texHͮͤ͐ͨͯ͒̿̄͒ͩ̑͊͋ͭ҉̵̺̘̬̗͖̝̼̥̯̖͖͎͟͠͠Éͬ̆͑̀͌̽ͭͣͪ͂ͭ͒̅҉̗͉͇̞̞̫͇̮͘ ̛͓̳̣̮͓̜͙̹͙͇̙̜̿̆ͬ̆̾̊̐̒̔̕̕Ç̶̵͓̪̦͍̪̿ͣ̃ͣ̃̐ͩ̍͆ͦͫ͌͊ͮ͐̽ͦͭ̚͞Ṏ̵̴̵̺̙̳̗̦̿̒̇ͨ̓͐ͯͪͣ͢͢M̉̏̚҉̜̙̻̹̪̮͕̺̗͉̬̩̬̠͎̩̘́́͢͡ͅͅE̵̡̻̟̟̮̮͑̍́ͤ͜͜͠ͅS̵͇̟̥͈̻̳̙̙̭̝̳͂͛ͤͣͯ̃ͫ̏͊͆́̕!̨̢̜̻͉͍̼̪̩̟͉̜̞̬̂̓ͮ̐̐̌ͣ́͜ͅ!̴͆̆̒͊̌̏͐ͨ͛ͥ̈̓ͣ͆͌̍̒̔͝͏̹̝̹̦̪̖̫͉͔͈̳̫̮͚̳ͅ!̵͖̗̺̘͇͙̼͈͓̪̩̖͌̆͊͑̑̀͆ͤ̚ͅ!̴̬̩̮̟̫̙͍̳̤͎̹͈̮̗̄̈̓͊͑̽͐̒̉͊ͅ posted by turgid dahlia at 5:43 AM on July 6
Lovecraft at least had the good taste
LURK MOARRRRRRRRRH͈͌ͤH͈͌ͤH͈͌ͤH͈͌ͤH͈͌ͤ H͈͌ͤ H͈͌ͤ
H͈͌ͤ posted by Greg Nog at 5:44 AM on July 6
Is "he comes" the funny bit, or is there more to this joke that I am missing? posted by mhjb at 5:54 AM on July 6
Really, this post is not the bes̛̖̳̜͖̖̘̖̄̌ͮͭ̏̎ͤ̿̒͠ͅZ̯̭̣̼̯̪͗͆̌͗̂ͨ͜A̬̲̓̈́̅̀ͬͫ̂́L̇ͦ̉͏̵̼̝̤̪G̨ͪ̎ͤ̀ͅO̮̹̼̭͂̅̔͗̋͊!ͦ͐͂҉̶͇͇͔ posted by languagehat at 5:57 AM on July 6
For some reason, I didn't want to like this...but now I think it's full of awesome. posted by jquinby at 6:02 AM on July 6
This name sounds like a new kind of Viagra with some interesting side-effects. posted by Iosephus at 6:02 AM on July 6
Mỳ͟ ş̡̕o͢͠u̷͠l;̢̨͢ ̴d̢i̴͜ǵ̴͟e̵̴s҉t̷͟͠e̸̢͝d̢̛͞.̛ ̀ ̕Z͟A͡L̸GO.̵̛ posted by starman at 6:05 AM on July 6
Well, I just think it's adorable! posted by orme at 6:07 AM on July 6
It's a small world after Z̈́͑̅ͨ̈A̍̎͛͐̈́͋ͥ͒̿̿̄̊̂ͯ̍̈̚L̋̇ͮ͆̀͗ͩͥ̈́ͭͦͯͦ́̓ͭGͬ̽̿͂̍̈̇̿ͭ̇̚Ö͊̈̾̂ͩͮ̚
It's a small world after Z̵͘͡A̶͝L҉̴͜͡G̛͏͡Ó҉̴
It's a small world after Z͉̠̻̜͇̙̭̘̣̦̭̘A̼͕̻̲̟̙̠̫̺̯̗͚̮̟̼̖͇ͅḼ̰̠̻̥̭͎͕̘̞̥̯G͍̮̪͓̜̳̞͙̮̮͙̼͕͙̝͙͕̱O̹̲̤̮̘̪̠̫̭̮̯
But I wouldn't want to eat it. posted by elfgirl at 6:07 AM on July 6
Is "he comes" the funny bit, or is there more to this joke that I am missing?
posted by mhjb at 8:54 AM on July 6<>
The "funny" bit is the hopeless inevitability of it, that you can sense something going wrong and then you realize it's ZALGO but you are po!̴͆̆̒͊̌̏͐ͨ͛ͥ̈̓ͣ͆͌̍̒̔͝͏̹̝̹̦̪̖̫͉͔͈̳̫̮͚̳ͅwerle!̴͆̆̒͊̌̏͐ͨ͛ͥ̈̓ͣ͆͌̍̒̔͝͏̹̝̹̦̪̖̫͉͔͈̳̫̮͚̳ͅss to stop it. So you stand mortified as you watch the inversion of the world. I suppose the funny bit is the thousands of vestigial mouths ringed with cancerous teeth e̹͕̅ͥ͒͋̏ͤr̞͛͋̚̚͟upting on the face of b̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕bies, vo̶̥̣͉̲̮̘ͮ́̌͗miting the void Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO̷ͫ͌́ͦͮ̔͂̋͆̇̑ͮ̀͞҉̤̝͖̘̜̹̜̞̥̭̦.ͬ̆͑̀͌̽ͭͣͪ͂ͭ͒̅> posted by Pastabagel at 6:11 AM on July 6 [3 favorites has favorites]
Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO̷ͫ͌́ͦͮ̔͂̋͆̇̑ͮ̀͞҉̤̝͖̘̜̹̜̞̥̭̦ CLOSES MY ITALICS OH GOD posted by Pastabagel at 6:12 AM on July 6
F͉̠̻̜͇̙̭̘̣̦̭̘H̼͕̻̲̟̙̠̫̺̯̗͚̮̟̼̖͇ͅ'Ṱ̰̠̻̥̭͎͕̘̞̥̯A͍̮̪͓̜̳̞͙̮̮͙̼͕͙̝͙͕̱G̹̲̤̮̘̪̠̫̭̮̯N̍̎͛͐̈́͋ͥ͒̿̿̄̊̂ͯ̍̈̚ posted by kldickson at 6:21 AM on July 6
There are more comics h͇e͚̺̗r͉e͙̻̩̰̻. T̵̕E̕͢͡Ņ̵̛D̨̛͠ ͞H͜Ì͡͏S҉ e̷̮̼̮̟͙͚̮͕̟̪͚͉̱̥̭̩̤̝͜g̨̳̫͉͕͚̩͖͘͠ͅg̨̭̖̺̮͔͖̣͙̙̘̘̹͘s̶̜̮̤̠̹̮̭̮͚̺͢͝ posted by Pastabagel at 6:21 AM on July 6
Ok, some of those comics are not necessarily SFW or Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO̷ͫ͌́ͦͮ̔͂̋͆̇̑ͮ̀͞҉̤̝͖̘̜̹̜̞̥̭̦ related. They are all hilarious, however. posted by Pastabagel at 6:23 AM on July 6
€£¥€£•€£¥€£¥€£¥ posted by Artw at 6:25 AM on July 6
Slightly off topic: any suggestions for a Linux font that will display all of these junk characters? I see enough to get the gist, but it would be great to know I was getting the full intended experience of random typographical noise.
It looks like the majority of the characters are unicode accent-composition characters. The problem isn't your font, but your font rendering engine. FWIW, neither Safari nor Firefox 3 know how to render this stuff properly. posted by b1tr0t at 6:33 AM on July 6
Iͭ̌̈ͥ͒ͪ̌ͫ҉͓̣̹̣͎͉̝N̼̙ͧ̀͂͂̂͜Ṿ͓̪͉̗ͨͥ̍͆ͫ̀͂̈́͋I͚̽̔̍̆̓̈̓ͧ̊͝S͆̈́̃ͮ͂ͩ̚ͅA̰̜̭̳̽͋̄̑B̙̖̙͈̲̿̂͢͞L̷̛̤̘̻͎̠̲̬̜̦ͮ́ͤ̏̒͛̒͟Ḙ̗͕̍̈ ͎̆͞͠O̢͉̤̪̜̟̹̤̝ͫ͗͒̍͟V͈ͤͬ͝͠͞I̸̦̜̲̼͇̟̗̬̊̍̔̈̿͞P̷̧̞͇̉̀̐ͣ̒͂̎͝O̢̬̟̰̪̟ͪ̆ͭ̒̌S͖̯͔̗ͭͬͣ́̅ͣ̂͋̆I̸̴̴̝̻̻͍̗͔ͭ̃T͈̱̱̣͚ͣE͒̄͘͢҉̝̪͔͕̠̤R̶̸̟͕̥̽̀́̾̂ͯ̂͠ posted by fleacircus at 6:39 AM on July 6
I̕'̧́v̛e b̨̨ęęņ͢ ̕҉g͟͠i̢̛v̶in̶g̡͞ i͡t ̧͠҉a̛͡ ̶̛͞l͡ot̸̷ of͝ ͘t̵h̸o̴͠úg̶͝h̸͘t̵,̴̨ ̵͡a̛͡͝ǹd̶̛͡ Į̸ t͜͢h͢͜͝in͏k͝ ̴́I̴̢҉'̸͜l̸͟l ͘͞g͘͢͜ơ͠ ̴͞t͘o͢ ҉̴m̵e͟͏d̵̶i͢c҉a̴̷l ̢́s̶͟c̨͡h̸̴o͡ǫ̛ļ̵̕ ̷͘a͝f̛t҉̡̨er҉͜ al̛͟l͜͟͡. posted by Ghidorah at 6:52 AM on July 6
b1trt01 - It looks much better in Firefox 3 then it does in Explorer - in Explorer I just get a long series of boxes. posted by Baby_Balrog at 6:56 AM on July 6
Whatever you do, DON'T OPEN THE B̴̤̤̙̠͙̱͉̹̗͚̞͙̝͓̮̀̐̒̊ͬ̐ͦ̀͘͘ͅO̶̯̩̮̳͍ͬ̏̎̂̏͑͢X̴̛͖͍̭̩̹̗͍͔̱͉̩̯̆̐̇̎̾̆̄̃ͭ̽̾ͯ̀͌͌̆ͫ̆͢͢ͅE̅ͬ̎̆͂̉̓̏́̌̓͌͛͠͏̡͓̜̰̙͡S̸̷̙̮̙̯̟͈̹̫͇̞̰̺̥͇̰̗̣̓ͫͦͤ̾ͣͅ posted by Pastabagel at 7:02 AM on July 6
Hahaha! Oh, Zalgo.
H͙͕̜͎e͚̪̜̫̩͌ͅ ̶̖̖ͩc̻̠̱̗̄͘o̐̋̾͏̱̙m̥̣̝̗̒ͤͤ͌͐͋̉e̯̼͑̐̈́s̷͖̫̱͓͕͔ͧ͌ posted by teresci at 7:02 AM on July 6
T̫̺̥̙͔̙͙̗̳̣͍̜̻͗̃͋̄ͦͅḫ̬̫̦͖͉̗̱̹͉̼̼̓ͥͦ̍ͫͥ͊i͖̝͍̮̟̻͇̮ͯ͊ͫͦ́̍ͯ͊͆̀̒͛͒s̱͇̼̯͖̣̩̗͚̪̹̦͚̣̳ͪ̄ͨ͛̈̏̍͛ͮ̆̍ ͈̟̬͕͓͍̪͕̹͎̖̗̮̿̾̄̎̃̂ͥͨ̿̈́ͧ̚i͙̣̥̫͔̻̣̭̞̍̂̌͐ͦ̀̉s͚̪͎͉ͤ̈̐̎ͦ͋̃̿̊ͫ͂̉̀ͤ͑ ̖̻̦͉̯̰͓̥̖̯̫̏͒̈ͨͨ̂ͅͅg̳̠̫͍͙̠̗̞̎͗ͩ̿ͯo͔̲̫͔̖̝̟̮͇͖̻͙̰ͪ̃̆̋̆̒ͧ̂ͨͨ̇ͯ̔ͫ̾͂̋̐̚o̜̭̙̤͉̳͖͔̼̥̜̱̩̠͕̘͖͗̇ͫͦ̾̀̑͑̊̊͋̎̀ͅḍ͚͎̻̫̤͙͕̼̳̙̹͓̻̜͒̈́̈ͪ͛̆̂̇̏̿̓̒ͯ̚!̻̲̱̪̱̱̜̦̘̞͔̞͇͇̞̥ͦͫ̅̀ͥ́͛ͭ̏͐̾̋ posted by bru at 7:03 AM on July 6
H̹̯̯̩͕͖͖͎̊͑ͯ̾̚ͅe̲͉̮͖̲͇͍̹̗ͭͧ͑̅ͮ ̠̙̪̳̜̪̽̍̾̓ͣ͗ͅc̱͎̼̜̗̜ͮ͑ͨͧͩ̎ͦǒ̼̗̼̤̞̹̹͕̲̓m̻̼̮̙̪̜̐ͩͦͦ͂̑ͪ͂ͯe̗͖͉̖͓̺̣̾ͣ̚s̰̺̩̹̪͔̘ͮ̚ ͍͔ͥ̊̎̂̔͐ͮ̅͒f͕̤̱̋ͤͩ̆o̗̲̝͎̖̝͔͌̍̋̑ͭ͗r͇̥͔̝̿ͤͮ̒͊̄̚ ̯̭͍̝͙͇̓ͧ̌̌̊͌ͬ̏͐M͎̮̦̽̀̑͗̔̑̌ͤ̄E͚̭͍ͤ̀̋̽̈̏ posted by Sailormom at 7:06 AM on July 6
҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̕̚̚̕̕̚̕̚͡͡҉҉̒̓̔̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̿̿̿̒̓̔̕̚̕̚̕̚͡҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘Ȅ̐̑̒̒̓̔̿̿̿̚̕̚̕̚̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘͡҉҉̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̿̿̿̚҉҉҉̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑͡҉҉҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘Ȅ̐̑̒̒̓̔̿̿̿̚̕̚̕̚̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚̕̚҉̵̞̟̠̖̗̘͡҉҉̵̡̢̛̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋̌̍̎̏̿̿̿̚҉҉҉̡̢̡̢̛̛̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̖̗̘̙̜̝̞̟̠̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑̒̓̔̊̋̌̍̎̏̐̑͡҉҉҉҉҉҉̚̕̚҉҉҉҉̚̕̚҉҉҉҉̚̕̚ posted by livingdots at 7:07 AM on July 6 [2 favorites has favorites]
As an aside, this is my favorite thing ever. I can see this being used in all kinds of settings.
Medical labels:
"Zalgon may cause headached, diarrhea, andv̙̕o͓̮̞̜m͖̥̯̗̳͢i̸̶̲̗̣̖̲̰͇̬ṱ̶̕ḭ̥̙͚͙̥͜͝n͎̝͉͘g̡͎̤̫͚̜͝."
Law:
"Notably, Defendants have thrown themselves on the m͓͆͗̔̋̒̓͊ͪ̕e̟͎͙̣̣͔͑ͫ̋̊̀r̹̲̟̪̝̯̐̓ͥ̇ͭ̒ͯ͂́c̄͌̿̽ͬ͏̨͔͎̼͔̗̰̫͝y̸͎̤̗̜̋ͤ̐̃͞ ̮̒ͭͯͪ̉͜ȏ̞͍͗ͪ̄̊̽̈́ͥf̹̣̖ͧ̅ͣ͐̔̈́́̃͋̀ ̡̧̮̪̘̱̣̌͐t̴̛̜̝͇̟̺̝̗͈̐̏h̷͕̫̘͐̚ę̛̞̮̱̖̯ͣ͑̈́̑́̎̓ͬ ̣̙͚̟͈͛̊C͑̿ͦͦͯ҉͖̻͖̲͞O̯̔͛̑ͮ̊ͨ̈́͑͞U̝̯̰͚͔͔ͯ̾̈́͋ͣ͊̔͊͘ͅR̵͌̇̉̔̂͏̱T̞̭͖̖͎̭̥̪̼̎̔̅͗̀͟"
Comedy:
"Why did the chicken cross the road. To͏ g͝et t͞o͜ t͘he ̨Ȯ͈̩̝͎̹͆͂́ͮ̀̿̊̎̀T̖̲̝͔̦͖̖̦̪̘͔͔̱͚̲̹̩͒̂̀̉͒͋ͦ̔͌ͨͅĤ̲͖̖͙͕ͮ͛͌̈́̑̎̊͆̎̎͐̃̈́̈͂ͅE̬̖͔̟̪̦̟̮̗̦̲̖̞͇̗̼͋͑̅̔̒̐ͣ̎ͫͭͭ̽ͅR̘̰̰̯̻̯̃̓̓̔̓ ̞͙̭͚̰̈̏̃̍͊̌̌̎̒̉̇͌̆̆͂̑ͦͅS̺͔̪͎͍̗̯̞̖̺͈̟̻̖̪ͨ̃͗ͥ̋͒ͅͅI̟̮̪̫̦̺̹̠͍̻͔̮̞̊̔͊ͩ͒͗̆̂͒ͩ̚D͇͙̰͔͖̜̫͕͇̥̬̥̞̈́ͥͤͪ̔͊ͯͥḚ͓̘̣͈̘͙͙͉̏̌̑́͊͛̍̈́͌̓ͩ̾̎̈́̽̐" posted by Pastabagel at 7:08 AM on July 6 [3 favorites has favorites]
FWIW, neither Safari nor Firefox 3 know how to render this stuff properly.
Okay, this one made me literally laugh out loud. I feel like a bad person now. posted by marginaliana at 7:09 AM on July 6
Evolved in the tepid pools of ASCII, viewed through the dimension-flattening crystal of UTF, still you must not look too far to the yonder Ideographic Planes lest your brains be shattered; your stunted human-written software cannot comprehend The Unicode Which May Not Be Rendered! posted by adipocere at 7:12 AM on July 6 [8 favorites has favorites]
I was afraid this was going to happen ... and just as people were starting to take the whole Michael Jackson thing seriously. posted by philip-random at 7:19 AM on July 6
Talk like a Pirate Day, CAPS LOCK DAY, and now...this. I think I'm going to get off the internets and lie on the hammock watching clouds today. posted by kozad at 7:31 AM on July 6 [5 favorites has favorites]
Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO</font posted by Pope Guilty at 7:37 AM on July 6
i'm always baffled by this. :(
plus howtf did you get the text to lean to the side gradually like that?? AHHHHHHHHH!!! MY FACE! posted by mrzer0 at 7:50 AM on July 6
ahh now i don't see that comment where the text went up the page leaning to the left anymore. posted by mrzer0 at 7:51 AM on July 6
I'm using Opera and had no idea what all the little boxes were supposed to be.
It displays fine in Textedit for Mac, but still not Firefox, Safari, or Opera for me. Zalgo works in mysterious ways. posted by starman at 8:07 AM on July 6
ZALGO made my anus weep blood. AAA+++++++++++ would c̶̘͔̗͓̻̟͋̅̓̎ͦ̃̇̿́̓͊̑ͦ̈́ͬ̚̚͢oͨ̆ͭ̉͗ͧ̐̏͏҉͉̞̬̝̠̜̝͎͉͙͖͍̣̟̼͜͠ͅͅr̴͍͚̹̙̮͇̰͙̙͓̼̲͖̞͙̿ͭ͊͊͗ͤ̓̌̌̆͑̇́̚ͅr̷̶̄̉ͤͯ͒͐ͧ̋ͧͭ̇̓ͧ̃̀̚͡҉̼̗̠͇͖̙͍̘̳̮̳̗̠̘̟̱̟̯̝ů̷̡̫͈͓̹͖̭͚̠͍͐̐̍̏̋ͣ͋̅ͭ̐́͌̾̌̏͗́͢ͅp̶̴̖̖͇̻͚̗͇̻̥̖̣̳̖̮̦͕ͨ͗͋͋ť͍͚̩̩̰͖͔̖̣̭͈͇͉͉̲͚̺ͧ̎̈ͦ̀̾ͩͩͭ̿͟ĭ͂ͩͪ̎ͪ̀҉̶̠͍͕̹̺͈̟̝͙̳͉̯͔o̵̬͔̯͓͉̗ͬ̏̃͐̌͂͛̐̈̋ͬ̐ͮ̓ͯ͊̚͡ṅ̨̊͛͑̉̅͐҉̛͏͖̝̪̹͡ again. posted by Eideteker at 8:12 AM on July 6
I like this much more than I shn̛̅̊̀̐̓̊̓ͥ҉̟ñ̵̵͔͍͖̬͔̭̥̙̀̽̊ͭͦ̃̾̚͡ņ̱͙̬̈́̑ͦͣ̆̾̿̇͘n̨̹̘̞͐̃͡͡n̡̲̹̭̼͓͛̔͒̿̀̚͡n̜̗̲͔̹̔ͪ̃̃͌ͪ̇ͩg̺͉̖̫ͥ̇͜͠͝h̦̺ͭ̈́ͯ̌̏̈͐ͥZ̶̧͎̳̼̘͈̳ͮ͌̄̽́̽̅̅͊͂͒̂̾̿̒ͣ̽̾̒̕͢A̵̸̵̠͖̻̝͍̗͖̔̓͌̃͟͞L̶̡̨̝̪̘̳̗̥̟͙̙̮̳ͦ̅ͭ͐ͦ̐̕͜Ĝ̢̨͖̱̥͙̞͙͉̘ͫ̃̃̍ͫͫ̊ͨ̌ͦ̊͡O̸̢̖͈̲̬̩̰̣̦̙͈͓͇̗̰͉̪͖ͨ̂̍́ͭ̉̕͢͜ͅ posted by zerokey at 9:52 AM on July 6
Looks OK in F͖̜̣̦ͤ̒͡i̻̦̦͞r̉̒ͬ̒ͮe̱̫͍ͯ̅ͯͥ̈́ͩͅf̪̦̖̯̖̝ͮ̔ơ̦͙̙̦̣x̼͉̗͕ͮ̐͒̍̓ ̘̞͖͎͂ͨͥͫ̄ͮ̄3͚͖̱̖̠̦̝̒̓̀.͍̭̗͚̫͔͐͐̊͢5̪ͭ̈̑ ṟ̰̺͉͓͔̜͙ͤ̓̌ͩͮͫͭ̇͒͢u͓͔̥̹͎͈̖̍̅͋ͪ͢n͔̲͖̼̅̀ͫͯ͋͛n̮͚̫̭̟̱̩̯̊ͬͯ̕i͉̻̰͔͌͂͗ͅn͙̟̬̤̱̲͖̍ͩͪͪͤ͒̔̉̄͟g͛ͨͭͨͥ̓̚҉͔͔ ̸̺͈̜̙̐ͩ̔̌̽͊̊͌͘͜ͅu͑̇͆҉̙̩̫̬̪͢͝n̺̓̆͐̏ͩͯ́̽ͅd̛̬̱́̿̑̈̉ͥͯ͡͠e̦͙̝̩ͨͧ̔͆̈́ͯ́̿͡r̨͎͈̬͓̩̗̪̣ͩͩ̐̔͆̌̈͢ ̯̰̤̓ͭ̀͂̔͐̕ͅ U̢̥͚̮̮̟̜͚̝̠ͯ͌̐̅͊̂́̚̕͠b̫̪̼̜̼̻̜̼̯͓͔̣͔̹̻͇͍̦̱̈̌͛ͯ̈̇̽́̕͠Z̷̥͙̮̠̼̃ͥͣ̐͗̒ͫͯ͋̐͘̕͜͜À̸̷͇͇̳̗͑̍̽͢L̵̤̙͇̩̟̝̲̰̰̖̫͇̰͈̻̏͆̂̿͛ͤ̂̚͢͟͝G̛̣̺̟̤̫̩ͪ͌͑ͣ̂͞͡O̷̪͕̯͖͉͖̠ͮ̋͊̉ͪ͂ͣ͂̈ͩ̓!̷̶̡͔̱̭̥͓̘̻̮̖̭͇̹͍̯̖̆̀ͩ̔̑̽ͮ͋̃̊͠ posted by benzo8 at 10:07 AM on July 6
SomethingAwful is a meme whoring board? Last I checked you get banned for spouting memes. At least, the tired ones (more than a month old or so).
I'd say that SA's involvement is more a story of goons taking an idea and wringing it dry in one thread. One hilarious thread, but (usually) only one thread.
Unless someone buys a Z҉A҉L҉G҉O̚̕̚ or H͈̮̟͎̥͍͌ͤe̪̪̟̗̊ͥ̑͋̚ ̣̭͙̬̃͆̃̊̊ͯC͔͚̥͉̯̗̻̤͋ō̜͎̹͎͙̲͕̯ͫͩ̉͂̄̈̿̉m̱͕̦̹͉̥̤̎ẹ̻͕̯̻ͩ̐ͅͅs̜̠͔̞̏ͦ̇ emoticon... posted by wires at 10:16 AM on July 6
d̡͓̜̳̱̘͎̪͍̱̻̹̰̯̤̐̎͊͊ͭ̿͒̈́ͬ̀̚͠i͐̆͆ͫ͆̃͒ͮ҉̞̺̜̮̙͔̼͢r̡͋̍̏ͤ͛ͪ̚͏̢̦̱͖͈͖͙̪̺͈͙̭̮t͑ͥ̌̊́͛͊҉̷̻̱͇͍͓̻̯̳̮̠̳̠͖̭̱͓͘͟͝y̴͕͎̰̪̜͚͊ͣ̓̾̃̀ͤ͆ͥͧ͆́̿̾͑̃̄̈́͌͘͟͝͝ ̧͍̤̰̺̗̮̃̐͑̄ͮ̔̕ͅM̢͈̳̮̥̙̩̳͋͆̊̂́͞͠eͬ͗̾̍̄ͫ͑̂҉̸̧̖̪̜̺͇̩̘̤͎̲̭̖͖̙͝F̨͙̲͉͙̫̻̼͎̮̗̣̥͖́͑͒̎̂̉̐̓̊̑ͫ̄̇͒͌͋̎̚ͅi̵͚̻̞̜̲͍͖̩͔̯̲̭̫ͫ͆̀ͨ̔ͮ͟ posted by everichon at 10:28 AM on July 6
F̴̥̳͓͔ͬ̆͒̋͒̊̃ͦ̿́̀͟͞ͅl̨͓̞̼̦͍͇̙̫̘̳͎̘̮̱͚̉̈́̾ͧ̐͐ͪͬ̆̒ͪͦͬ̽ͭ͋̕a̷̵͚͇͙̺̺̙͔̣̳̳̞̞ͯ̎̅̓ͥ̉ͣ͋g̰̖̟̥̪͇̪̤̮̝͈͔ͩ́͗̇ͦ̐ͥ̏ͣͭͫ̍͂̀͘͟͢͠ͅ ̸̇ͯͭ͂ͨ̏ͯ̉͌̌͠҉͇͎̪͕̥̲̮͟i̝̱̹͓̣̮͙̝̹̜̭̖̥̫̟ͪ̽ͮ̍̈̓̋ͤ̇̀͊͂̉ͤ̐ͨ́̾̕͟͟ͅṭ̷̡̲͇̦̞͕̮̥͆ͬͧ̓̀͟ ̵ͮͮͪͪ͏͚̪͕͙̱̳̗̼͔̩̩a̡̩̖͍̳͓̩̽͛͐̽̓ͦ̐͐͆͟͞͠n̶̬̜̝͔͉͉͚̟̞̖͖̪͉͇͙̖͉̋ͬͧ͌͊͗̒͑̄̈̇ͩ̚̚͝ͅd̋̔ͫ͗͑̔ͬ̿ͯ͗ͪ̀̌͑ͥ̈́̔̅̄͏̶͖͓̣͜͜͟ͅ ̇̈̆̀͆ͬͮͩ͞͏̢̛͎͙̘̺͚̯͓̟͍̱͈m̨̢̝̙͈̝̰̏ͧ́͊͐͐ͦ͐̚͢͟ȯ̵̢̧͆ͤ̈ͪͮͦ̌͆͊͋ͮ̔ͮ͜҉̘̼̞̣͚̪͎͓̜̣̦͍͎̰͙͚v̭͇̭̰͇̪̘̘̱̟̓̃̑̈̀̾͑̆̔ͨ̉ͩ͋̀̚͟͞͝͡e̶̷̯͍͈̠̩̝̙̺̣̬̺͎̩͉̋͗̅̅̀͑̇͛̐ͧ̏̕ͅ ̸̰̦̥̪̤͚͇̝̘̦̰̩̼͕̩̖̊̎͗̽̐͑ͣ̎ͤ̕͟͟ŏ̡̨͉̭͍͇͆̀͂ͨ̊̑͛ͮ̈͒ͯ̈́̍̅͜͝Z̨̛̽͒ͨ̓͌̌̔ͥ̐̈́͛͗́͋̌͋͊̍͛҉͖̩̻A̶̴̼̘͚͙̘̮͇̝̮̠͙̫̽͊̾̍̀̀̀̚ͅL̶̢̨̯̪͔̩̮̙̼͈͕͉̲̤̦̣̞͖͈̱̏̋̄̈́ͥ͝G̶̤͙͙̳̫͙̮̥̝̘̪̼̺͈͚͓̈́͆̇̌̈̄̑̓͢͠Ǫ̛̟̘̘̘̣̥͇͉̗̰̬͇̪͓̅̒̽̅͒ͮ͌ͨ͛̐̅̋̐́̂̄͌ͫ̐.̶̘̰̥͇͓̥̪͇͛́̓ͥ̏̑̾͐̍ͪ̐̇̓̃̓ͩ̀̚ posted by jquinby at 10:39 AM on July 6
Must... make... McNamara reference.
Errol Morris: Let me hear your voice level to make sure it's the same.
Robert McNamara: Oͨ͏̣̱k̷̴̻̟̬͖̹̱̞ͮͩ̎̈͋ͮ̏͛ͩ̕ͅa͖̘͎̖̮̳͒͗̓ͩ̕y̨̰͓̝͎̜̩͙͖̞ͫ̈͞,̷̴̤͈̜̮͚͉͍͓͑̍̿̄͑̏̎ͩ̚͠ ̛͍͓͎̙̻̔ͯ͒̃͑͒́̚͝ͅh̢̯͙̞͆̃͊̈͒͆͒o̵̶͙͎̬̯͓̤͉̮͆̓̐͝w̸̢̪̜̜̥͈̭͛ͦ̊ͮ̆͑́'̦̝͖̥̰͎̽̐ͤͨͥ͛ş̸̣̥̞̠͉̐͛̔ͨͭͯ̐͛̋ ̸̧̭̭͈͈̖̖̱̓͛ͤ̓̕m̷̥̞̹͖͙̜̼̿̏̾̉ͧͤͣ͒͟y͇̹̮̼͊ͤ͆̊̈̎͘ ̧͗ͦͦͯ̚҉̠͖v̺͚͖̙̩̦͚̇ͦ̔̑ͭo̷̰̘̩̺ͪ͆ͨ̅̔̾͐ͯ͜͡i̢̯̣̳̦̹̋ͤͯ͡c̫͓̪ͥͭͤ̄ͮ́e͔̘̜ͬͦ͐̾̿͑͞ ͮ̊͊ͩ̿̌̉̚͏̼̮̥͓͠ĺ̴̲̤̞̝̄̇͠e̷͔͇͎͉̳̹̥̲̠ͣ̊̊̓v͍̳̋̈́̈̾̉ͫ̀̃ĕ̛͉̘͖̪̰ͧ̐̄͡ͅl̙̼͈̰̯̬̰̲̓́͠?
Errol Morris: That's fine.
Robert McNamara: T̷̡̢̯͉͎̻̟͈̻̜̜̝̺͈̞̯̟̎̾͗ͭ̾̌̋ͤ͌ͮͮ̎̒̚ͅẻ̌̒̎͟҉̸̙̖͕̼̩͕̥̞̯͉͙̹̞̱̝͜r̴̸͇̖̠̼͖͖̳̖̞͓̯ͦ̄ͬͭ̑ͪ͂̾͐̆̔ͅͅr̢̉ͣͯͭ̓ͤͦ̉ͮ̀͛́̕͏͕̼̘̹̼̘̕i̸̇͂̎͒̒́͏̡͔̥̗̬̯͚̩̰̳͇̺͔͔̗͟f̈́ͯ͊̉̏ͬ̂ͯ̋̊͑̐̓̿̇̒̎͆͏̧̫̖̻̺̪͕̲̹̙͜͡i̡̩̘͖̪̖̱͇̝̺̲͖̣̹̣̞̍ͧ̈́̍͑ͤ͐́̃̃̈̔͌͂͞ͅͅͅͅc̃ͫ́͂͏̸̘̩͚̺̫̺͕̻̤̹̜͉̩̦̪̗̕͟͜. posted by DaDaDaDave at 10:44 AM on July 6 [1 favorite has favorites]
Also, those linked cartoon mods are wonderful. posted by everichon at 10:46 AM on July 6
looks among the posts, smiles approvingly, and sits back steepling his fingers posted by Samizdata at 10:56 AM on July 6
So Zalgo is the reason we have Unicode? I suspected something horrible was behind it all. posted by chairface at 11:16 AM on July 6
In S̿͐̏͗̿̈́o̞͚͉̬̥̬̽̆ͫ̎̅̚v̦̭ͯȋ̙̫̙͐̃̿̑̒e͉̘͉̤̹̦̯͂̔̂̿͂ͫt̝̗̭͉̺̰̆̄͋ ̫͍̞͍͖̖ͨͭ̃̾R̖͐̐ͨ̎ͦ̿ͬu͕͛͐̒s̳̙̩̀̄͛̿ͮ̋s͙̲ͧī̖̱̙̼̩a͇̣̐̃̎̃̓͋́, Т͉̖̼͍̳̫̣̝̭̞̥̹͖̼̪̣̰͖ͅо̣̦͕в͓͇̣̺̞͖̝̥͙ͅа̪̯͍͖͇̻̮̹̣ͅр̗̦̟͇̹̺̪̰й̻̮͍̲̞͕͈͙щ̪̞̞̙̞̰͍̮͙̼̟͈͉͙̯̖ З̝͙͎̳̤̼͇͚ͦ͋ͭͬ͑̚ ͙͉̜̣̙̖̖̩͂̅͂А͚͓̣̺̟̯͇͓̪̅̐ͩ ͎̫̘̈́̽ͯͅЛ͚̖̬͖̯̞̹̓ͪ ͎͖͊̌́ͯ̿Ѓ͕̝͖̯͉̺̭͇͒ ͉ͣͩ͑̊̍̋ͭͅО̻̜͂͋̔̂ ♫ posted by Maximian at 11:53 AM on July 6
̴̬̗̭̝̫̮̰̮̙̭̌̑ͣ̓ͯ͆̇͋͊͟͠f̿̐҉͖̦͖͎̩͙̪̤͎n̢̛̬̱̳̜̲͉̝͕̖͊͛ͨ̚o͚̥̼̠͓͈̪͆͒̾̑̆ͤ̚r͕͎̱̗ͪ͆̀͡ḍ̨̡͓̩͂̓ posted by loquacious at 11:57 AM on July 6
The fonts won't render for me in FF, IE, or Chrome. Once again, I am completely unprepared for impending cataclysm.
Thanks mnsc and Skorgu. On my Windows XP 64-bit, Chrome is a complete failure (boxes), and Firefox 3.5 gets all the accents, but instead of stacking them, it just overlays them, which is far, far less interesting to look at. Anyone have an idea why it seems to be working for some people and not for others even under the same browsers? posted by ErWenn at 12:18 PM on July 6
[̵̧̥͙̖̜̤͍̳̟͇̜̾̑ͭ̄̓̉ͬͧ̍ͨ͋ͣ̐̌̐̓̃ͅ this is awesome]̷͖̮̱̱͙̜̹̺͍̹͖̲͎̥͓̜ͬ͊͒̅̈́ͨ̋ͭ͗́̍̑͗̌ͥ̑̑̇ͦ͝͝ posted by Decimask at 12:36 PM on July 6
L̹̂ͣ̋̉̏̍̍į̷̖̝̥̗̰̘̅͒͜v̳͉̦͚̉̓ͭ́͞e̴̙͍̰͔̬̹ͪͭͤ́̄ͫͯ ̟̜̖̩̭̍ͫͮ̆̊́͠p̵̠̹͈͙̖͒̈͛̌̀͢r̵̪͚̞̲̗̟̭̲̯̂ͧͣ̀͠e̙͎͕̞̤̩͓̤̯ͮ̑ͩ̅͗͂͐̓͟v̱͍̮̬̝̬̫ͦ͊͜ï͙̥̖̪͛̆̄ě̳͚̫̃̊̓͟͞ẅ͏͈̖̳ ̴̭̯̯͕̪͉̺͖̝̅́̎̇l̑͞͏̴̙̮̫̣͔̮͖o̭̫͔̾́o̥̟͖̲̠̩̜ͧ̐̌́ḵ̞̬̙̱̰͈͇̆̇ͣ̔̽̆ͯ͋sͭͪͣͤ̒͒͌̂̀̚͏̭̞̰̠̗̲̟ ͔̲̹̫̰̰̘͗ͭͬ͢ͅḟ̯̥̗̾ͥ̀ư̙̪̣̥̆͒ͨ̓̅̄̇͜n̢̻̗̼͋̽ͦ͝n̝̩̖̭͖̠̦̳̱̋͋͜ȳ͇̟̣̭̣̝͚͒ͧ͒̇̄̐̾́̀ ̢̘̯͍̲̺͇͒ͧl͍͖̭̖̟̦͚̪͛̎͌̈̏̅ͭ̚͘i̢̬̰̰̺̜͍̥̥ͣ̆͠k̺̙ͮ̆ͪe̸̯̯̻̳̼͔̔ͦ ̴̨̫͚̤̩̥̩̗̐ͬ́ͮ͗͑́t̴̖̖̳̺͐̀̋͑̎h̸̟̘͈͎̫̫̦ͬ̈́ͥ̅̕͢ǐ̯̼͌̌ͯͣͬ͠͝ͅs͉̠̗̰̉ͬ̒̽̚.̴͇̘̭̣ͮ͂́ posted by shakespeherian at 12:37 PM on July 6
Also, I feel so, so sorry for mods everywhere this day. posted by Decimask at 12:41 PM on July 6
T̜͚͍̎́͌ͧ̎Ḣ͔̟̤̙̯̹͕ͦ̈́E̮̬͈̫̽̽ͫ̃̐ ͚͚͕̘̠ͥ̒S͈͖͇̙̥͉̜̥̆̎̓͑̉̔̄̄O̲̳̥͋̈̔̏̚ͅͅU̥̩͈̹̺̮̤̯͛̃ͥ͐̓ͥ̊ͣN̬̬̲̩̙̺̠͍͍ͤ͂͆͌̍̽D͖̮͑̓͊͆͊ͫ̌ ̤̦̺ͫ̉̎̓ͨ́͆Ý̹̜̖͈̬ͪO͎̼͙̠̪͕͆̑̾̏̉̌̀̅ͅU̞̦͕̖̿ͤ͒͒ͬ͆̿̚ ̤̞̅ͮ̇͛ͫͫW̳̱͖̙̺͓̃ͫ͆̌̎͑̚ͅI̲̦̐̊͑̓̂ͪ̽ͪ̾L͚̫͍̦͈͎̟̺̒ͪL̮ͪ̽ͦ̓ ̻̮̬̝͈̺̄ͪͩ̍ͪH̹̥̬̖͓͍̅ͪ̂̌̌͗̉ͭḘ̮̙̙͑̎̿ͦ̓ͫ̅̌Aͧ̓ͅȐ̮̟̳͎̗ ̬̤͇͙͌̇̔̾̏́Ḭ͌̎̚S̬͔̮̳͙̹̳͈̲͆ͮ͌̉ ̟̲͍̘̲̹͖̖̊͂̏͗ͥO͍͚̓͂ͥM͇̪̻̟̦̥ͭ̊ͭ̍̋̈̓ͅ ̰̹̙̗̞̭̮̏̇ͨ͂N̦̬̺̻̼̳̖̼̅̄͊̀ͦ̈́O̫͉̝̭̥̻͈̓̓̏̋͌͋̑̂̾M̗̩ͭ͌̊͌̆̈̃̓ͤ ̻͓̝̦͖̌ͫͤ̅̚Ñ͕̙͕̎̄Ó̯̤̤̩͔̋̎͊͆ͪͩ͆̏M͎̮̖̖̣̯ͣ͛̉̿̿ͯ̿ͭ̂ ̪̗̾ͪ̊̃̔ͤͭĬ̘̜̼͈͙͍̐N̘̾̃̽̍͗̋ͧ ̜̻̣̈̽ͯ̎̍̓̿̓̔Y̦̥̥͖̼͈̠ͯ̈́ͣ͒͋ͮͪO̘̥͉͙͗̉̈ͅȔ͍̥̘̄ͣ̊̂ͯR͙̝̫̮̖̹̰̂͊̑͛̍͊ ̼̟̼͍̼̌̋B̬͖̖͕̼͎ͯͬ͊̓R͓ͨ̽ͫ͊̈́̓ͦ̚A͍̬̪̫̐̄ͯ̽ͧ̿ͬÎ̜̬̬̮̲̯͇̄͂̏̔̒̉N̤̣͓ͧ͂̆ͪ ̰̞͈͇͍̻̮ͨ̽ͩͤ͒ͧ̃F͖̯̜̝͈̤̅͊̌͛ͅO̠̤̪͈̱͙̪ͭ͊̃ͥR͉̙̻͉͈ͫ̋Ȅ̗̟̊ͪ̄̿V̪̰̪͙̍̽͛̎̍Ẹ̗͉͕̟̳̠́ͨ͒ͩ͗ͥṞ̼̙̖͙̙̖̹͐ͩ posted by Artw at 12:46 PM on July 6 [1 favorite has favorites]
In case anyone is wondering, the png was rendered with Firefox 3.5 beta 4 on Arch Linux x86-64 with a whole mess of fonts and the Screengrab! extension then butched with pngcrush to reduce the size.
Err, I mean, Béh́ol͡d t̴h͠e ҉pơw̵er ̕of͜ F́͘̕͢͢R̴͟͠É̸̵̵͘E҉̶̡͟͝ ̵͘͢͡S̸͏̷O̡̨F̷̶̡Ţ͜W̨͟A̶̷̧͘R̴̵҉E͠! posted by Skorgu at 1:12 PM on July 6 [1 favorite has favorites]
Ask not for whom the bell tolls; ḣ̳̫͍̣ͪ́ͫͯ̚͠e͇͚̹̗̳̭͔ ͌̔̐̆c̒ͮ͌ͮ́ȫ͖̱͊̄͟m̞̻̬͒̾͌͑e͕̥s͙̘͓̝̖̀͛̚͢ ̻̫͚͚͕͉͡ͅf͓̼ͤͤ͡o̙͔̹͎̥͙̓́͞r̈́ͬ͒̄͢ ̮̝͌͂͗͊͛͡t͖̜̘͎̠h̳̮͑̉̆͘e̿̉̋͑ͨe̥̟̬ͧ͐̈́̌ͮ̀ͅ posted by tracicle at 1:13 PM on July 6
Skorgu: Debian Lenny here, and the gibberish renders just fine in an xterm, but firefox shows some of the decorations and replaces others with stupid rectangular missing-unicode-font boxes. So I know I have the right font somewhere on my system... posted by idiopath at 1:49 PM on July 6
Ḁ̢̜̤̤́nͫͤo͓͈͗̍̄̓ͪ̒t̾͗͗͌ͦ̈̇͏͎̤̙̯h͉͇̒͐̇̐̀ͧ͐͝e͎̭̜̩͉̻͌̀̚͟r̩͚̹͕ͮ́ ̄̔ͬ̂̏̄̋t̷̬̙͍̱h̨̰̝̱̖͕̹̗͑̋̚i͔̪̟̒̊̋ͦ̓ͨ̓n͙̠̋̃ͫ͋ͧ̕ĝ̖̱̗͍̬̹͝ ̜̘̬ͩ̌ͬt̲̾̾̄ͧ̉̎͛o̶͈̺͈͔̦͆̔̑͌ ̤̬͆̅͋̋̿̂͌p̫͖̺̫̝͋̇̌̾͒ͪa͠ṣś̸͗̍ ́̍ͭͦͦ҉̜̩ͅt͖̯̫̩̯̭̕h̒͌̒̅̉̈́͡e̡̤̳̳̎̾̐̑ͩ̊͂ ̦͖͈̘͔̿͋̎͘d͓̥͈̖̖ͭ̋̈̊͢ͅa̢͈̰͕̳͕͌̎y̞̪̩̗̪̎͊̔̄̌̿.̨̭̟͓͍̍ ͪͣ̂W͎͉̓͑͜h͚̹̊̇̊ͮy̧̮̙̪̎́͒̈̐͛ ̛͇̟̻̮̮̦̉̇̈̂ͫͅi͇͎̇t̘̲̯͕̩͉ͯ̕ ̸̙̼̘͚̜̼͚ͪ̏͑h̷a̧̬̻̹͇̻̞̪p̄̓ͭ̐҉͔̟̦͈̱̗ṕ̎͊ͪ͝e̤̻̝̻͔̜ͨͤ̃ͦn̜͍̜̠̻͉ͪ͌̾͢s̙͘ ̞̗̗͉͂͗̀͡w̮͗́e̝̺̳̭̖̝͛ ͏̥̬ͅc̲̰͉̠̙͉̗ͧ͗̑a̼͉̒ͪ͋̚n̸̬̈́́̅̇ͅṉ̘̭͂ͤ̓ͤͦö̫̜̏t̺͇͈͕͉̄̍͆ͥͣ͛ ̗̞̮̖̞̦͍̈́̄́s̪̣͗͌͒̇̿ͯͯaͯ̇͏͕y̖̳͔̩͓.̨̳̦͎͖͈͙͂̓̉̌͆̌ͅ ̤͖̹̃̇ͤ͒
̟̖̠̭̪͎̺L̼̬̣͍̖̣͉ͩͨ̑͆̓͠iͪ̏͂̍ͦ͆̈́vͨͧͧ̌̊e̙̝͎ͭ̑͗ͥ̔ ̱̃ͫ̈ͦ̚a̺̺n̦̘̯̲͚ͭ͆d͈̆͟ ̖̦͔̘̍̓ͤͩ͌͘r̲̱͌ͨ̈́̽͡e͍̟͈̟̼̳̟ͪ͊s̭̩͙͍̼̺͛̀͌̕t̡͍͖͈̳̫̩ ̙̫͆́̀a̖̟ͯͩl̘̘̐̒͂͗̃̎̓l̼̯͖̣̝̣͛̓̽́̃̋ ̶̝̀ͫ̀t̢̔̃̃o̧͙ ̧̱͕͔̳̩ͯͅd͎͚̪̲̖̭̊̅̌̒̃̄͝i̩̺͔͉ͥ̑̇͜e͚̖̮̱͐͠ͅ.ͫ̎̃ͪ͑ͥ̾ ͌ͭͮͯZ̼̻͖̝A̹̲ͧͮ̀̚L̟͔̠̮̲̰̹͒̾ͩ̿͗͒͗G̿̍Oͩ ͗̽ͫ̈́͏̳c̻̥ͨ̑ͭo̴̫̮͈͑ͫ͐ͫ̑͑m̲̘̯͉͚̣̘ͬ͐ͫ͋̄e̟̭̮̥͙͟s͙͍͕̜̻͇͂͒ͬ ͮ̐̀̈́́ṯ̛͙̉̍͂h̞̪̳͎͆̇ͩe͚̯͕͉͍ͮ͟r̩͙̲̳̬͖ͫ̌̄͒̔͌e̹̹̲̯̰̮͘'̷̻͙͙̬̎̈́͐ͩͭͅs̪̥͔͓̻̈́̆̾́͑ͥ͋ ͎̝̹̰͖̮͙ͦ̆̓̾̇ͫ̊́n̖̰̠̜̠̠̅͂ͬͨo̞̟͑̚ ̰̼̼̪͓̱̌͌̋ͯ̿ͤ̎͜n̶̰͙͙͚ĕ͔͚͓͒͌̚e̬̱̓͡d̜̩̥̠͓ͧ̎ ̗ͦ͋͐̊t̟͖̤̀ͅo̘ͫ ͜t́͆̽̚ř̮̲̭ͤ́̆ͣy̆ͥ̇͟.͇̓̌ͩͮͩ͠ ̴̳̪ͤ posted by zephyr_words at 2:07 PM on July 6
I'm using FF 3.5 on Windows XP and I get a mishmash of unicode boxes and correctly corrupted characters, like idiopath. I guess I need more fonts or something. posted by chairface at 2:21 PM on July 6 [1 favorite has favorites]
Could someone please explain to me what exactly is happening here? It seems a bit strange, even for Metafilter. posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 2:28 PM on July 6
BEHOLD His coming has been prophesied from afar:
Ich überleg' bei mir,
Ihr' Nas'n spricht dafür,
Währenddessen ich noch rauch',
Die Special Places sind ihr wohlbekannt,
Ich mein', sie fährt ja U-Bahn auch.
Dort singen's:
“Dreh' dich nicht um, schau, schau,
der Kommissar geht um!
Er wird dich anschau'n
und du weißt warum.
Die Lebenslust bringt dich um.”
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
F̴̥̳͓͔ͬ̆͒̋͒̊̃ͦ̿́̀͟͞ͅĄ͓̞̼̦͍͇̙̫̘̳͎̘̮̱͚̉̈́̾ͧ̐͐ͪͬ̆̒ͪͦͬ̽ͭ͋̕L̷̵͚͇͙̺̺̙͔̣̳̳̞̞ͯ̎̅̓ͥ̉ͣ͋C̰̖̟̥̪͇̪̤̮̝͈͔ͩ́͗̇ͦ̐ͥ̏ͣͭͫ̍͂̀͘͟͢͠ͅ ̸̇ͯͭ͂ͨ̏ͯ̉͌̌͠҉͇͎̪͕͟00000̷̡̝̱̹͓̣̮͙̝̹̜̭̖̥̫̟̣̲͇̦̞͕̮̥ͪ̽ͮ̍̈̓̋ͤ̇̀͊͂̉ͤ̐ͨ́̾͆ͬͧ̓̀̕͟͟͟ͅ ̵ͮͮͪͪ͏͚̪͕͙̱̳̗̼͔ posted by Potomac Avenue at 2:38 PM on July 6 [1 favorite has favorites]
OK. I just went through and installed about a half gig of random international fonts, and all the gibberish is rendering just fine now.
Ǫ̫̹̣͇̌̔̇̾͗̾̕h͈̟ͭ̀̈ͥ̂ͪͪ́͞͝,̴̲̟̠̥̂ͨ͆̍ͯ̀̚ͅ ̧̻̫̣̯͔͓͉̍ͨͤ͆̕̕ͅͅZͦ͗̀̅ͪ̌͏̗̭͙A̶̡̩̰̻̘̗̘̩̣͋̔͌̾͒͂͑͡L̪͍̳̭͎̋͛̀̑͂̽̋G̡͚͈̀͡Ö̃̅ͧ̓̚͏̸̹̯̬͎ͅ ̵̛̠͙͚͔̾͋̀Z͙̬̣͈̹̀ͤͩ̍ͤͬ͡͞ͅA̧̫͖̲͎͗ͫ̊L͇̼̼̯̫̺̞̏ͦ̊͟G̵̡̺̠̯̫̻̈̅ͨͯͨ͐̽͞ͅŐ̸̡̠̘͕̜͖͓͇͔ͧͥͨͥͫ̋͑ͦ ̧̲̪͎͍͉̽͛́̓̊ͨ̽͢Z̸̖̺̊͢A̿ͯ̓͘͏̙̦͔L̸͈̭̹͚͎̜͉̝͇͂̿̏ͮ͟͟G̴̼̥̺̮͓͍̬͊̓̃̍͂́͌ͣ̽O̝͎̲̲̗̜ͤͫ̀͗̈́͞ͅ
̡̡̛̬̹̪͙͈͙̤̔̍͂̃̈̐W̱̝̩͚͚̰͗̆́̓e̿̊͛̎͊͢͏̺͔̺̱̯̦̬ ̶͙͓͙͖͖̘͖ͬ̑͋̏ͩ̀̚͡m̡̗̻̙̬͚͙ͣͦ̓͜ͅả̻͉̬ͫͮͤͦͤ̓͢͠d̸̼͈̖̺̞̯̹͇̞̉ͦ͗̄̌ͣ̽eͬ̐̂̓͠҉̻͇̲̱͎̜̺͕ ̸͙̗̮̘͑ͭͣ̑̀̇͊̈́͞H̴̙̰̙̽ͭ̅̃̋̀̐͘i̻̎ͤ͊̔͗ͭͣ͡m̴̯̖̳ͪͯ̉ͣͩͦ͝ ̨̨͔̰̺̈͌ͩ̄ͩ̔o̥̮͋̓͑͊ͩͥ͌͋̀͠ư̵̞̘͕ͫ͆́t͍͚̜̪̙́̿̊̏͊̈́ ̢̱̼̩̲̓̈́̇ͮ͒͜͞ͅo̡̝̰̺̤̱ͦ̎ͩͪͨ̍f̥̬ͫ̎ͮͩ̕͠ ̴̬̳̼͈̮͗ͪ̌ͫ̓̚͟͡c͖̙̤̐ͧ̔̈̈ͅl̋̏͆͏̙̤̘͕ả̧̨͕̪̙͎̫ͣ̾ͥͫ̊̚y̸͖̿ͥͦ͊̽̅̉͌͢ͅ
̖͚͙͖͕͈̗ͫ͂̅̇ͭ̐͛ͧ̾͡Ẕ̯̏ͭ̓̓ͯ̒͌̾Ḁ̵̷̩ͩ̉̉̈L͖̺̟̪̣̝̋̄̄̈́͋ͭ͋͂G̵̡̹̜̤̬̺̱̥̩ͦͮ͒ͬ̅Ǒ̪͕̖̮͉̭̗̽́ͅ ̶̸̢̪̜͉̜̘̯͙̣̑̂Zͮ͂͏͓͎̙̣̫̬A̼̭̠̠͐̏͊̂ͬ̇̓͟L̢̖̝̗͓̣̙̜̥̇̊͑͆̌ͯ̂́G̴̳̗̔͢Ȯ̧͎͍͓̖̙̰̔̈́͆ͨ̏̚͘ͅ ̮̮͍̦̌Z̴̰̳̫̠̥̫͕ͪͦ̒ͬ̽̀Á͍̲̭̱̺̖̩ͭ̓́͊͗̀́L̷̙̺̠͍̎ͧ̄ͣ̊͌ͩG̬͙̗̖̺̾̐ͤ̐Ọ̓̄́͠
͍̲̰͒͐͌͘̕W̬̩̰͎͌̍́ͅi̵̷̱͚ͦ̂̀ͩ̀ţ̜͇͔̖̫̮͈̝͊͂͟͞h̳͉̤̓͆̃ͥ̎̂͛ ̙̹̲͗̿ͪͩ͂̍͌͘͞Ẕ̧̮̮̰̺̯͓͍̃͂̋͋̿͌ͯ́͘A̒̍ͦͪ̀̒͆҉͏͔̪Lͫͨͪ̈ͬ̃͏̟̻̻͙̩͖G̐̎̇̇̆͝͏̠̠Ǫ̭ͬ̈́ ̫̘̪ͫ͊́͊ͨ̿͝ͅĬ̸̗̭̗̹̙̘͍͈̹ͪ̓̀ ̘̫̞̼̠̺͓̺̰̋̀̒͋ͫ̈́ͯ͜͞w̃̓ͬ̑̓ͯ̂ͫ̕҉̦͇̭͎̱i̱̞͈̯͙͊̑̎͐̓l̨̧͕͎͓̬̲̩̊͌͒̓̎͂́l̢͉͈̩̼̦̋̆̎̍̓ͮ͗͂ ̛͓̠͉ͥ͂ͤ̽̕s̵̗̱̳̣̭̰̊̊̂̏̒͜͡t̨̛̙̰͉̟̓ͨa̸̡̘̗͖̱̤̩̖͆̽ÿ̷̠̺̯̹͗̾̓̑ͦ͆͊̀,̵̧͓̉̎̚
̨͈̰̭̼̗̣̺̍̉̿̇ͩ͋͊͞͡O̥̓͗̓̽h̡͙͈̝̜͖̭̓̒̄̚̕͠h̜́͌̽ͩh̞̪͈̟͚̥ͭ̾h̨͚̻͈̣͎̣̑ͣ͂̓͛͋͐̄ͥ͜-̵̖̆ͤ̐ ̛̻͉͈̦̄̊̎̋͐*̴̡̥̗̥̳͎̙ͫ͡ć͚̩͚̱͚̫̥̹͐̈̍͌̾̃͟o̰̬͖̣ͩ͑͟n͍͔̞̖̪̜̅ͤ͟ṡ̷̹͎͕̐̈͌̀͑ͯ͡u̙̠͓͗̔̅̄̓̌ͅm̡͉̪͕͆̎ͨ̒̔ͧͧe̢̯̙̹̩͈͎̒ͭ͂ͫ̎͢͟d̢̥̻͍̮̜̘ͭͮ͆̏̽̓͗̾̑ͅͅ*̵͎̮̟̥͇̲͎̳̽ͪ̓ posted by Durn Bronzefist at 3:03 PM on July 6
Could someone please explain to me what exactly is happening here? It seems a bit strange, even for Metafilter.
Cherish your ignorance, child. But flee; flee and read no more. For the only thing worse than the end is the burden of knowing that H͙̥̦͖̪̘͔̻̜Ẹ͎̱̩͉͎͕̭͚͎̦̝̘͚̱͍͈ ͇̲̹͇͉͈̙̲̯̜͚͚C̫̣̪͙͕̻̞̬̤͉͈̻͎̩͚ͅͅͅO̩̙̣̞̪̬̮͔̼̱ͅM͍̠̲̣͍͚̩̰̻̻͉̞̝ͅE͚͕̰͎͕̜̥̤̻͎̻̫̟̹͉̜̠͚̭S̱̹̼͇̩̩̻͖̬̩̦̻͇̰
Are you guys using a generator to make that that funky text or ? I'm failing. posted by Bageena at 4:54 PM on July 6
Bageena you are failing big time, second link in the post. posted by idiopath at 4:59 PM on July 6
If I looking for Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO̷ͫ͌́ͦͮ̔͂̋͆̇̑ͮ̀͞҉̤̝͖̘̜̹̜̞̥̭̦
him name is hopkin green Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO̷ͫ͌́ͦͮ̔͂̋͆̇̑ͮ̀͞҉̤̝͖̘̜̹̜̞̥̭̦
I lost my Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO̷ͫ͌́ͦͮ̔͂̋͆̇̑ͮ̀͞҉̤̝͖̘̜̹̜̞̥̭̦
Love,
Terry
P.S. I'll find my Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO̷ͫ͌́ͦͮ̔͂̋͆̇̑ͮ̀͞҉̤̝͖̘̜̹̜̞̥̭̦ .
Who took my Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO̷ͫ͌́ͦͮ̔͂̋͆̇̑ͮ̀͞҉̤̝͖̘̜̹̜̞̥̭̦ .
Who found my Z̴̷̧̧̛͇̘̠̲̥͙̳̭̜̥͖͓͋ͬ́ͩ̓̈́̇ͭ̾A̓ͣ̑̄ͭ̍ͭ͆̓̋ͧ͏̢͎̺̖͖̠̯͙̱͎̪̙͚̼͍̳̬̙̕L̸̨̘̞͉̻̦̿̂̂̿ͪ̋̂̑̊́G͑ͧ͌̎̓ͫ͗̀̍̓̉ͥ͒͒̊̓̚҉̨͍̹̲͔̹͙̹̪̻̼̤͠͝ͅO̷ͫ͌́ͦͮ̔͂̋͆̇̑ͮ̀͞҉̤̝͖̘̜̹̜̞̥̭̦ . posted by HyperBlue at 5:03 PM on July 6 [3 favorites has favorites]
I wish someone would create a "Cathy" Zalgo ..... It can be done .....
I'm hoping this thing goes video. I want to be there when keyboard cat kens the true nature of things. posted by Durn Bronzefist at 5:08 PM on July 6
> I want to be there when keyboard cat kens the true nature of things.
The Cat plays off the shamed and broken only as sacrifice and preparation; they are the fodder to his ritual, the mice he offers up to a maw beyond our imagining.
Personally I would like to have more Zalgo in my life. But, Safari protects me from delving to deep in the blackness to äͮ̓̆̚҉͏̞̣̙̤̻͎̞c̨̘̹͓̗̳̥̃̾̾͘t̵̰͓̝͈̲̪̰ͣ̆̎ű͎̭̤̱̮̦̠ͯͦ̓̓͐͗̚͝͝ͅą̸͉̭͍̣̟͕͍ͨ̀l̩̜̺̖̓ͦͭ͡l̨̨̘̱͐̑ͮͩͪ͐̒̚͡y͋̔̿ͥ̇̋̏̍ͣ͢҉͈ ̾ͦ͛͊̐͝͏͎̲̝͈v͚͍͖̬͇͓̞̓ͩi̢̗̪̻̯̙͎͍̒͊͊͝e̯̭̖̱̮ͥ̾̎͂wͥͨ̋͋͏̵͎̖͈̦̙͙ ̴̶͎̝͖̖̩̳͉̰̼͛̆̈ͫ͋ͣw̵̱͕̲̭̗̮̓̓h̗̠͓̘̝̝͒̑͗͊ͭa̱̦̜̗̞̟̻̱ͮͨ͒̐͒̃̽̑t̽̂ͭ̓ͮ̑̎̚͏̛̫͍̰̟͍̫͝ ̼̯̺͔̫͕̜̊̔Ḭ̛̤͔̜̟͇̱͓͙̃͗̅͐͋̀̒ͪ͘͢ ͗͏̥ͅh̶̷͇̰͔̗̬̭̮ͮͯͩ̏a̡͓̞̻̽͋̉̇͟ṿ̺̝ͮ̓ͫ͂e̵̹̞̤̗̹̯̋̓̄̃ͪ͐̀̚ ͚̺̳̥̜̍̓ͤ̈́w̴̤ͧr̿͐̋͋̉ͬ͐̈́́́҉̜͍̙i̶̳̮͇̙̰̝ͭ̍̂̅͌̈ͧ̚͜t̷͇̮̤̗̟ͮͅͅt̽̍̄͏҉̳̻̖e̎̊ͮ̍͛͗̔͏͚͍̪́n͔̣̺ͦ̎̌̀.̴̱̠͓ͩ̓̍̇̿̚͘ posted by Severian at 9:35 PM on July 6
Metafilter: Good enough to place it in the realm of weird, inspired humor. posted by decagon at 9:59 PM on July 6
T͉ͫ̿ͦͧh̙̒̄̅͗i͉̦̐ͭ͂̑̊s̱̬̤̼̻̩ ͆̽̎̌́̋ͪi̖̬̣͉̦̥͕s̱̩̲̈ͅ ͖̠̼̦͉ͫ̌ͨ̿̅j͈̝̣͓̲̺͚̊ͥ̽u͕̙̯͎̮s͚̲͎̼̫t̜̞̬̠ͤ ͭ̈ͥ̊t͎ͬ͛̒̇̓ͤ͑o̜ͬͪͫͥͫ̾ ͙͇̇̾ͤs̖͎̊͑a̻̞̞̙̣ỵ̱̘͔̬̼ͬ̓ͦ̈ͩ͌
̣͚͉͔͇̐ͦͦ̂̄͐ͣ
͎̈́I̹̞̺͓͈̞ͪͯ̏̑ͩ̅ͩ ͙̳̞̩̋͂ͪȟ̞̼̹̊ͮ̑̈́a̔ͮ͑̈̽v̦̞͙́̋̇ͫͪͪͅẹ͊ ̎ẻ͔̺̯̣̩̣̙̾ͩ̍̍a̱̣̙t͉̼̐ͤ̒eͣͫ̊͒̔̋͛n͍̜͕͕͇ͧͩͬͤ̽̏̚
͉̇̽ͥ̆͑ͥ̋tͪ͆h̻̼̫̜͍̝͔ͤ̑͋ͪͩ̆e̩̥͆̉ ͓̹̾ś̔ͯ̆ọ̙͉̼͗ͅͅu͍͔̮̱̫̮͒͑̂̚l̗͙̭̞͂̈́̿̀ͯs̙͕͕̆̎͑̇̂
̖̹̠̠͖̩͕ͭ̈͛t͉ͪͯ̈̄̊͐̚ȟ̺̗̖͍͑a͔̲̤̝̥ͅt͙͖̿͐̃̈̚ ͔̩̬̞̤w͓̗̮̻̙̜̿ͤer̖̱̟e̗̯̮̰̻͂̍̓͐ ̞͇ͬ̓͐ͪ̓̓̏i̠͙͍̫͎̣̺ͧͬ͋̿̂ͣ̚n̪͉̜̗͍̱̪ͥ
͎̝̥͇̫̰̋y̘̗̹̰̪̦̟͒͌̿͐͊̾ō̟̞̰̤̥̠̳͊͐̈̐͐û̯̽r̹͉̥̪͈̠̫ ͣ̂̍b͍ͩ̐͋̆o͆̈́̓ͨ̔ͤd̙̦̰͍i̜͚̹̥̯̽̋͑͑͑e͎̬̰̙̾ͣ̋͆ͤș̥̣̀ͮ̽ͅ
̮̺͎̫͚͍
̙̝ͫ͛ͪ̒̒ͥȁ̞̳̦̣͉̦̝n̲͎͎̥̺ͧ̆d͎̄̾ͯͩ̃ ̮̰̬̠̟̠ͫ͋̆ͯẉ̼̳̦͇̤̑ḧ͚͕̗̣́̓͌̋̉ͧi̯̯̠̇ͧ̌̓c͛̾̃ͪ̀́h͍̩͓̟̗̜̬͑
̏̍̍ẏ͈̫̳͈̫̅ͩ̋̎͆͛ó̜͉̬͍̦̮̈́͗ͪͬͦṷ͖̲̽ ̲̯͉̦̻̐̅̇̐̒ͧw͗̌̂ͩë̒̓ͪ̿r̟̙̞̹e̖̮͙͑̏̒͛̽̚ ̜̥͙̻̓͋̒̽͗p̫͍̘r̠̮͚͇͎̹̓̋͊̋̈o̲̼̬̞̬b̌̇ͤâ̰̯̖̭̽̆̈́͋ͩb̲̖̯̻ͮ̽͑̍̂̊l̲̞͖̟̩͈̯ͨ̓ẏͧͭ͆̍͗
̹̻̺̬̪̹s̬̱͈͓̻̝ͭ́̑̎̃̎ͥͅa̭̫v͓̮͍͈̺ͤ́͗̿ͫͦi̞̼̾ͬ̈́͑̾ṅ͓̎g͚̺̥̏͐̚̚
̦͉̖̦̞̼f̹̞͕͈̣̘̰ͫ̈́o̱͇̘̦͗r͐ ̜̱͔̬̽ͫͫḥ̗ͮe̲̘̮̓̒̆ͬͩả̹̆̑ͬ̂v̲̀̐ͦ͌̇e̜̲̜̬ͥͬ̃͗͑ͥ̆n͇̥̟̽
̞̩̱̪͙͉̈̓ͩͥ̂̌
̅̇̓͑ͫF͕̼͙̻͖̫̰ͤͮͥͩ͋ọ̼̈́̐̈ͧr͗͌ͥ̈̍g͈̲̽͂̓̊͂i̲̻̦͎̗͚̟ͫv̲̐ě̳̬̞̑̈͆̇͆ m̞̹͚̝̓e̳̓
̦ͭͪ̐I̱̖̦̗̝ ̪͙͈̤̟̯͔ͦ͑́͆̎ͪ̈́ḁ̉͋͑̀ͫͣm̩̹̤͖͚̘͕̅̈̒ͤ̄̍ ̹̬͓͓̤̜̯̇̌̂̑̀ͥZ̴̨̛̦̺̲̪̖̫̦͍̜̝̣̮̹͚̬̼̻̦̫͐̓̊̍̒̑͑̇͢Ā̪̫͎̩̥̳̞̲͉̞̏ͨ̏̓̐͋̓̒̆ͫͫ̃̀͟L͓͎͙̦̙͙̮̹͍̞̱̪̖̓͊̽̇̋̃̓́͝ͅĞͮ̀̔̎ͭͩ̄ͮ̄͏̷̨̙̳̯͓̪̭̬̻̠͍O̧͈͍̪̺͎̥͈͕̘͚͍͉̬̤̗̖̘͒̏͗͗ͥ͐ͣ̋ͣͦͫ̾ͩ̚͝ posted by shakespeherian at 4:37 AM on July 7 [9 favorites has favorites]
So I finally get my computer to properly render the dread word of Zalgo and I have to say I'm feeling vaguely disappointed... or perhaps it's just that m̶̠̰̰̞̹̖̪ͤ͗̊ͫ̾͗y̟̪͍ͥ̎̉̄̂̊̉ͅͅ ̴̗̮̙͕͈̦ͪ̑̄S̗̻̑ͯͧA̜̲̙̣͆̎̈͒ͮ̊̏N͕͎͙͒̓ͅ ͢h̆̾̋ͧͬ̌́͏̫aͨ̐͒ͩ̚͏͇̻ͅs̞̬̥̱̻̩͙͊̿̈́̑͗ ͔̘͙͉̖̮ͯͯ̈́͌b̥͎̤̦͓̀̾̑͛ͩ͊̈́e͇̙̘͚͙̗̩ȇ̳̲͓̼̯ͣ̿̅ͧ̾ͮ̕n̥̅͢ ̣͓̮̥̃b̟̱̂l̪̪̰͕ͬ͒a͎̱̍ͪͣ̍̉ͯ̐́ș̣̹͕ͣͥ̚t̹͍͂̏͌͐ẹ̴̱̣̽ͥ͗͐ͫͮ̾d̩̪͂̏͐̽̐͞ ̠̼͈̹̝͓̝ͨͨͭd̴͗ͯͨ͂o̬̳̜ͬw͌͏n͐ͧͭ͂͜ ͕̟̙͌t͇̒̄o̱͖ͨͦ͛ͧ̍̈̀ ̹̺͖̗̲ͩz͍̋͋̈ͪ͌ȩ̼͔̖͉̗͎͇ͮͭͦr̖̔̐o͙̦̻͇̱͖ͨͧ̉.̝̣̩ͨͩ̔ͩ̌̓͑ Can't really say. posted by fearfulsymmetry at 8:31 AM on July 7
Hmm. Something about the boxes seems more... cryptic. In the screengrab, you can clearly read the text, which, I don't know, take some of the dread away from he who walks behind the walls. The garbled text seperated by the boxes has some kind of static noise captured in text form that would signify the coming of doom, signal the end of times, and if you spend too much time trying to read the boxes b͑ͦ̐lͤe͆ͥͭed̉ͮi̋̆nͣ̈g ͤͪe̔̄ͩ͐ͦ͗̏yeͥͩsͫ͊ͮ aͫ̽ͮnͮͫͦ̐ď̉͛͛ ̄̓ͪ̃̏a͌͗͑ ̋g̅̑eͧ̎͊n̏ēr͗̂aͩ̏̾̔̇ͩl͛̊̿̒̾̎̚ f͒ͨͤ͋̂̊ͪe͆e͛ͮ̃̏l̄ͣi͛ͮ̿̓n͛ͫḡͤ̂͗̎́̿ o̾fͮ̽̊̐͂͐ ̏ͯ͐͑fͯȃ̒͌ͭ̾ͫcͧͤ͒͋e̎̄ͣ ̃̂̊̔͛dͨ̏ͪ̉̆eͣͧfͧò̑̉͒r͐̄̐̓m̀͗̃̐̏i͆͋ͭ͗ͬ̎̚n͐̑̔̇̿gͣ͗ ͤͯ́͒ͯ͊́t̓̈ͦ̊oͥͫ̾ͣ̎ͣót̀ͦͭ͂h͒̿͑̃͊̑̔ ͋̂̌̂̀̍͆spͭ͊͑ͬ̚r̽ͥ̅̌o̽u͐͂̌̌ͥ̅̆t̏i͑n̅gͬͦ̀.̀͛̾ͯ̔́̈ posted by Ghidorah at 8:49 AM on July 7
This meme reminds me of graphic t-shirts. Are we sure this isn't some kind of Pepsi Blue marketing for Affliction™ or somebody like that? posted by empyrean at 11:28 AM on July 7
Here's the thing. I was just done watering my little soda bottle herb garden and I had refilled the big green plastic watering can (that I did indeed buy from a rubber man, but that's a story for another time) so I wouldn't need to next time, and set it on the patio. Then I went into the kitchen and cut a delicious herring -- because it was delicious and I wanted to eat it -- with the window just slightly ajar.
These facts are relevant because of what happened next. All of a sudden I heard three loud noises in rapid succession:
SKKKRATSCH-- THUMP'D!
SPLAAAAASHHHHHHH!sshhhhhh.
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This quite startled me, and worse still distracted me from preparing my delicious fishie. Confused I went back outside and found my big watering can -- it holds 10 litres, 2 1/2 gallons -- all sideways and its contents spilled all over the patio. This was not right. Before the incident with the noises, the can had been vertical and the water contained, after all.
Now I wanted to go all CSI and shit; but before I could even don my deerstalker cap what should emerge from underneath a parked car but a very dazed and most of all very wet Tommie, my cat, who must have examined the watering can and decided it was sturdy enough to stand on, then stretched up on its hind legs like cats like to do and tried to peek through the window at what it was that smelled so irresistible.
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This, of course, is a variation on the universal story of greed and punishment. Moreover, ͡Z҉҉̵̡͡҉҉A̢̛̗̘̙L̜̝̞̟̠͇̊̋Ǧ̍̎̏̿̿̿̚Ö. posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 3:15 PM on July 7 [1 favorite has favorites]
I know tonight, he comes
He's takin' my mind for fun
He throttles my reason
with unholy insights
I know tonight, he comes
He mangles my soul
He does it with ease
Sanity passes from me
Just like a breeze
He shows me the reason
My mind is a blight
Z͛ͫ̈́̂̿̇͗͜Ǎ̵̻ͣ͊͌̿͋̂Ĺ͖͖̫͇̠̙͕G̥ͮ̄̊̊͛̉̂͢O̺͎͓̻̊̊̓ͧ͐̚!͂͊̀
(know tonight, I know tonight)
I know tonight
(know tonight, I know tonight)
I know tonight.
(know tonight, I know tonight)
He comes
And I know he's gonna do it to me
One more time (one more time)
I know he's gonna stay implanted
In my mind
Why do I need to hang myself
with my intestines?
(with my intestines)
I know how his taint feels
I taste all the hearts that he steals
He enters my mind so easy
And I know it's right
Ž̸̶͇̦̱͍̝̣̭͎̳̲̝͎̣̜̜͍͈ͬͭ̎ͥ͑̀͞Ă̤͈̦̲͙̮̥͔̱̭̱͔̯̤͛̅̎ͪ̎̋̾́͐ͯ̑̅ͧ̾ͭ̕̕͟͢Lͪ͑̈́̌ͨ҉̛͏̩̗̝̳̺̼̹̜̣̠̫͚̘̼̘̳G̷̸͙̗̰̟͒͊̅̿ͮ̑ͪͥ͑͌͂̎̔͢ͅO̴͈͕̮̖͕̭͈͕̙̼̖̩̫͙͓̲ͣ̓̓̌̊ͅ!̴̾̑̒ͤ͌̃́ͧͮ̒͗̌ͮͫ̂̃ͤ̿͑͏̷̢̟͇͍̱̹̜̝͜
, I know tonight he comes
(I know tonight he comes)
(know tonight, I know tonight) I know tonight
(know tonight, I know tonight) I know tonight
(know tonight, I know tonight) he comes (he comes)
I know tonight, oh yeah
(know tonight, I know tonight).
(I know tonight) well I know tonight
(know tonight, I know tonight).
Tonight H̶̬͖͍̥̮̯̼ͭ͗̍̋̋̓̂ͯͩͮ̌̓̓̀̀É̡̞͕͖̜̭͓̟̦̖̹̹̼̹͕̔̎ͯͭ̑ͩ̓̄̀͘͟͠ ̡̐͒̓͏̢̢͓͙̺̖̤̟͚̙̬̦̀C̸̲̯͍̩̱̼̻̦͓̱ͬ̾̋̀͛̋͌̍ͣ́̈́ͫ͐̒ͥ̓ͫ̇̕͠Ọ̴̜̮̫̪̪͈̤̘͔̳ͬ́̎̊͗̎͒͌̽̑͋̀̎̉̓̉́̍̿͢͢͝M̵̶̸̰̱̬̼̯̻̯̗͖̺̙̣͍̜̻̫̾͊̈́ͮ̅ͥͮ̍͒̓ͧ̈́ͤ̋͌̚͞E͉̻͈͎̥̙̮̲͍̹̱̖͚̒̆̊̌͒ͪ̆̊̿̈́̏̆ͯ̒̊̇́̚̕S̶̶͚̼͔̦͔̪͌͆ͨͦ̀̚̕̕ posted by Eideteker at 10:56 PM on July 7
After I finally figured out how to do this (duh), I started fucking with everyone on Facebook because none of my friends or family listen to me when I tell them that everything I post to my personal blog I steal off this awesome website. I must have posted a dozen Zalgo comments last night across a schmegal of profiles. I awoke this morning to a dozen replies of 'WTF DID YOU DO TO MY COMPUTER>?!'.
God, I love you so much Mefi. posted by Bageena at 11:14 AM on July 8
I was thinking the other day, as you do, that Z҉A҉L҉G҉O̚̕̚ in it's full unicode glory would be the ultimate 'screw your kid up' kid's name posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:25 AM on August 5
b̵̷͍͕̬͍̊ͪ̓ͮ̐ͤͩ͑ͫ̄̿ͪ͂̄̄͊͡͝͞a̅͗ͫͣͥ̾͆ͦ̿ͫͣͤͣͭ̚҉̬̩̲̮̩͔̱͚̥͜ḃ̶͍͓̳̥̠̱̥̞͙̲͓̖͈ͩ̽ͬ͒͛̃ͤͥ͂̂̚̕͡ͅy̵̝̗͓̤̘̪ͧ́̔̒͑ͪ ̟̹̰̹̻͙̬̯̻̗̼͙̮̥͙̊̃͗̊̽̃̒͒̀̽ͤ̃̈ͨ͘͘ͅz̶̵̛̼̩͖̰̤̣̳̱̯̲̫̠̤ͯ̅̋̑̂ͯͥͩ̒̀ä̶̡̬̩̬̩̟̭͍̲̱̩͇͉̟ͬ͗̐͡l͈̙̠̟̥̮̟̭͎̠ͧ͌͋̽̓͛̊ͯ̂̄ͥ̐̈́ͮ̈ͨ́̀͡g̯̟̞̥̮̺͚͍̪̬͂͐ͧ̎̽͒ͭ͊́̚͘͞o̵̷̡̦̭̠͇̯̦̬̯̙͖̘̲̘̥͐ͧ͆̀͒ͪͥ͒̾ͦ̉̐ͭͬ͐͋ͦͯͥ̕ ̸̷̢̢͙͙̩̼̗̹͎̽ͦͫ̏̑ͮ̔͡ẘ̶̨̡̢̟͍͉͎̫̞̻̜̣̃͐̌ͦe̴̶̯̤̱̳̱͚͍̼ͯͫ͗̅̉ͮ́̓ͤ̋̈́͢͟͞ë́ͮ͒̄ͬͮ̉ͯ͏̴̢̟͍̼͖̱̬̪̬̫͉̖͔̞̖̪̬̰̰̦p̷̗̹̖̩̗͇̬̗͕̼̬̰̓͐ͭ̽̆͑ͤ̽͜͞ͅs̛̠̫̜̳̖̯̠͇̘̳̪͎̔̐̽ͣ̊ͭͫ̀̕͜ͅͅ posted by Burhanistan at 10:24 PM on August 5
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